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South Korea Without a Prime Minister

... long-lasting consequences? The most likely candidate that the ruling party will put forward in the December 2017 presidential elections is current UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, whose second term in office will end in December 2016. But the wave of corruption in South Korea has taken the shine off his reputation as well. The Conservatives, however, are unlikely to just let the opposition sweep in and take power. The opposition is smaller, fragmented and does not have a charismatic leader. However, it is far too ...

29.04.2015

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Lee Wan-koo’s Resignation: a New Episode in the South Korean Saga

... The children of Presidents Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung as well as President Lee Myung-bak’s elder brother served time in jail for corruption, and Lee Wan-koo faces a similar fate. There is nothing strange about the fact that the fight against corruption in South Korea is part of the political struggle, which makes it possible to blackball virtually any undesirable candidate without breaking the law. Indeed, is there anything as fair as the fight against corruption? Current president of the Republic of Korea ...

27.04.2015

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